duckern.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈdəkər/

Forms: Middle English dokare, Middle English–1500s dowker, 1500s douker, Scottish dowcare, 1600s doucker, 1800s Scottish dooker, 1600s– ducker.

Etymology: < duck v. + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 it corresponds to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German dûker, Dutch duiker, German taucher diver (bird).

One who or that which ducks or dives.

1. A person who ducks or dives under water; a diver. In modern Scottish, douker, dooker, a bather.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > one who or that which

ducker1483

diver1511

water?1570

plunger1611

header1848

belly flopper1895

1483 Cath. Angl. 105/1 A Dowker, emergator.

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou sailit to get a dowcare for to dreg it.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage V. xii. 431 Fished for by duckers, that dive into the water.

1893 Sc. Leader 29 Dec. 7 Glasgow Morning Dookers Holiday Races.

a. A diving bird: applied to the Colymbidæ or Divers generally; also spec. the little grebe or dabchick.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > member of

ducker?a1500

diver1678

loom1694

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps ruficollis (dabchick)

dive-dapa1000

doppe13..

dumping1393

dippera1425

didapperc1440

dopperc1440

ducker?a1500

dabchickc1520

dive-dapper1559

arsefoot1598

loon1678

penny bird1823

helldiver1839

Tom Pudding1848

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762 Hic mergulus, a dokare.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Collimbris..the birde called a Douker, or Didapper.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 107 Some sorts of Colymbi or Douckers.

1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) Introd. 11 Divers Duckers, and other Sea Birds.

1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 380 [Amongst] the sea-fowls are..scarfs or black duckers.

1859 A. Smith in Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 122 Gulls of all kinds are there, dookers and divers of every description.

b. A local name of the Water Ouzel.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Cinclidae > cinclus aquaticus (dipper)

dippera1425

water ouzel1622

waterthrush1668

water crake1676

water blackbird1678

piet1804

water crow1804

water-piet1804

water cock1806

ducker1837

dipper-bird1894

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 50 Cinclus Europæus..Dipper, Ducker.

†3. A fighting-cock that ducks its head. Obsolete.

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 A Ducker, or Doucker, is such a kind of Cock as in his Fighting will run about the Clod almost at every blow he gives.

4. ‘A cringer’ (Johnson).

5. Meaning uncertain: Todd inserts it under 4; others would explain as = duck-hunter n. at duck n.¹ Compounds 1b.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] > one who doubts

doubtful1589

doubter1603

sceptica1618

ducker1620

miscreant1660

hummer1820

dubitant1821

don't know1839

hesitater1853

persuadend1865

don't knowist1908

undecided1968

1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 60 My dainty duckers, vp with your three pil'd spirits.

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Scottish and English regional (Cumberland). In plural (chiefly in form dookers). A swimming costume or a pair of swimming trunks.

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1985 J. Murray Samarkand ii. 15 Figures of kids skip and sing and shout on it [sc. the sand] in their dookers and costumes.

1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 88 Miss De Magistris steed up an buttoned the straps o her dookers ower her back.

2000 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 4 Nov. 20 Ye must be one of the few folk tae come hame fae the Uptoon Baths wi' yer dookers nae even weet.

2012 @scafellhike 24 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dukers or dookers—swimming trunks/Speedos. Called nothing else in West Cumbria.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

duckern.²

Etymology: < duck n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. One who breeds or rears ducks.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry > keeper of ducks

duck-wife1869

ducker1885

1885 Daily News 14 July 2/2 Often the eggs are sold to a ‘ducker’.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 3/1 Ducks are..dirty creatures, and if ‘cleanliness be next to godliness’ the Aylesbury duckers are a long way removed.

2. A ducking-gun.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of

turnabout1801

twelve1804

stanchion-gun1815

Joe Manton1816

ducking-gun1823

punt gun1824

Purdey1830

shore-gun1841

woodcock gun1858

seven-bore1859

twelve-bore1859

twelve-gauge1859

choke1875

choke-bore1875

cripple-stopper1881

over-and-under1889

ten-gauge1894

ducker1896

tschinke1910

under-and-over1911

over-under1913

side by side1947

1896 Month Mar. 390 He warned us in the most terrible manner not to get near his heavy ducker in the bows.

3. A duck-hunter.

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1903 N.Y. Sun 8 Nov. The professional ducker goes about his work in an entirely different manner. Killing ducks with these men is a business.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	ducker
释义	duckern.¹ Brit. /ˈdʌkə/, U.S. /ˈdəkər/ Forms: Middle English dokare, Middle English–1500s dowker, 1500s douker, Scottish dowcare, 1600s doucker, 1800s Scottish dooker, 1600s– ducker. Etymology: < duck v. + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 it corresponds to Middle Dutch and Middle Low German dûker, Dutch duiker, German taucher diver (bird). One who or that which ducks or dives. 1. A person who ducks or dives under water; a diver. In modern Scottish, douker, dooker, a bather. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > one who or that which ducker1483 diver1511 water?1570 plunger1611 header1848 belly flopper1895 1483 Cath. Angl. 105/1 A Dowker, emergator. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou sailit to get a dowcare for to dreg it. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage V. xii. 431 Fished for by duckers, that dive into the water. 1893 Sc. Leader 29 Dec. 7 Glasgow Morning Dookers Holiday Races. 2. a. A diving bird: applied to the Colymbidæ or Divers generally; also spec. the little grebe or dabchick. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Gariidae (divers and loons) > member of ducker?a1500 diver1678 loom1694 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > [noun] > order Podicipediformes (grebes) > podiceps ruficollis (dabchick) dive-dapa1000 doppe13.. dumping1393 dippera1425 didapperc1440 dopperc1440 ducker?a1500 dabchickc1520 dive-dapper1559 arsefoot1598 loon1678 penny bird1823 helldiver1839 Tom Pudding1848 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762 Hic mergulus, a dokare. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Collimbris..the birde called a Douker, or Didapper. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 107 Some sorts of Colymbi or Douckers. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) Introd. 11 Divers Duckers, and other Sea Birds. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 380 [Amongst] the sea-fowls are..scarfs or black duckers. 1859 A. Smith in Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 122 Gulls of all kinds are there, dookers and divers of every description. b. A local name of the Water Ouzel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Cinclidae > cinclus aquaticus (dipper) dippera1425 water ouzel1622 waterthrush1668 water crake1676 water blackbird1678 piet1804 water crow1804 water-piet1804 water cock1806 ducker1837 dipper-bird1894 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 50 Cinclus Europæus..Dipper, Ducker. †3. A fighting-cock that ducks its head. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 A Ducker, or Doucker, is such a kind of Cock as in his Fighting will run about the Clod almost at every blow he gives. 4. ‘A cringer’ (Johnson). 5. Meaning uncertain: Todd inserts it under 4; others would explain as = duck-hunter n. at duck n.¹ Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [noun] > one who doubts doubtful1589 doubter1603 sceptica1618 ducker1620 miscreant1660 hummer1820 dubitant1821 don't know1839 hesitater1853 persuadend1865 don't knowist1908 undecided1968 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 60 My dainty duckers, vp with your three pil'd spirits. Draft additions December 2018 Scottish and English regional (Cumberland). In plural (chiefly in form dookers). A swimming costume or a pair of swimming trunks. ΚΠ 1985 J. Murray Samarkand ii. 15 Figures of kids skip and sing and shout on it [sc. the sand] in their dookers and costumes. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 88 Miss De Magistris steed up an buttoned the straps o her dookers ower her back. 2000 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 4 Nov. 20 Ye must be one of the few folk tae come hame fae the Uptoon Baths wi' yer dookers nae even weet. 2012 @scafellhike 24 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dukers or dookers—swimming trunks/Speedos. Called nothing else in West Cumbria. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). duckern.² Etymology: < duck n.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. One who breeds or rears ducks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry > keeper of ducks duck-wife1869 ducker1885 1885 Daily News 14 July 2/2 Often the eggs are sold to a ‘ducker’. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 3/1 Ducks are..dirty creatures, and if ‘cleanliness be next to godliness’ the Aylesbury duckers are a long way removed. 2. A ducking-gun. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of turnabout1801 twelve1804 stanchion-gun1815 Joe Manton1816 Joe Manton1816 ducking-gun1823 punt gun1824 Purdey1830 shore-gun1841 woodcock gun1858 seven-bore1859 twelve-bore1859 twelve-gauge1859 choke1875 choke-bore1875 cripple-stopper1881 over-and-under1889 ten-gauge1894 ducker1896 tschinke1910 under-and-over1911 over-under1913 side by side1947 1896 Month Mar. 390 He warned us in the most terrible manner not to get near his heavy ducker in the bows. 3. A duck-hunter. ΚΠ 1903 N.Y. Sun 8 Nov. The professional ducker goes about his work in an entirely different manner. Killing ducks with these men is a business. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1483n.²1885
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